Here are a few things that you really wish you could say at design review sessions...

1. I can see your point, but I still think you're full of cr*p.2. I don't know what your problem is but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.3. I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.4. I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my way.5. I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.6. I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.7. It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word you're saying.8. Ahhh...I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again.9. I like you. You remind me of myself when I was young and stupid.10. You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.11. I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.12. I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.13. Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.14. Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.15. I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.16. Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.17. And your crybaby whiny-assed opinion would be...?18. Do I look like a people person?19. I started out with nothing and still have most of it left.20. If I throw a stick, will you leave?21. Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.22. I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.23. Can I trade this design specification for what's behind door #1?24. Too many freaks, not enough circuses.25. Chaos, panic, and disorder --- my work here is done.27. Oh I get it--- it's like humor---but different.

MC Oskowis Friday 25 April 2008 - 12:22:16 Comments are turned off for this item

AJAX from scratch...

Did you ever wander what the hubbub was about this new tool that is currently utilized by the likes of Amazon, Google, and Flikr.

MC Oskowis Wednesday 05 September 2007 - 13:52:58 Comments are turned off for this item

Verisign to exploit their monopoly once more...

Verisign decides to raise the wholesale price from $6.00 to $6.42, an increase by 7%. While in the same breath it was revealed that it costs Verisign as little as $0.14 a domain to manage them. Yes that is a staggering profit margin of 4500%, but not any different then the margins the pharmaceutical and petroleum consortium have been enjoying for a much longer period of time.

All because Verisign was smart enough to negotiate a contract with the naive (the only way I can rationalize it) ICANN back when the whole web browser was just start get traction. Talk about the proverbial cash cow, Verisign's little increase will net it $23 MM in profit.

MC Oskowis Friday 06 April 2007 - 14:36:45 Comments are turned off for this item

AJAX from Scratch...

Did you ever wander what the hubbub was about this new tool that is currently utilized by the likes of Amazon, Google, and Flikr. This article give you an interesting summary of this 'old' technology that has been renewed.

CMS Administrator Friday 24 February 2006 - 10:33:06 Comments are turned off for this item

If only software bugs were as easy...

Never let it be said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual logged maintenance complaints by QANTAS pilots and the corrective action recorded by mechanics. By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has NEVER had an accident.

'PROBLEM' stands for the problem the pilots entered in the log and 'RESPONSE' stands for the corrective action taken by the mechanics.

PROBLEM: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.RESPONSE: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

3. Click OK. Another dialog prompt will appear. This is where you decide how much memory to allocate to Firefox. This depends on how much RAM your computer has, but generally you don't want to allocate too little (under 8MB), but if you allocate too much, you might as well not do this. A good recommended setting is 16MB. If you want 16MB, enter this value into the dialog prompt:16384

(Why 16384 for 16Mb instead of 1600. Because the value is in kilobytes which there are 1024 kilobytes to a Megabyte. (i.e. For 16Meg: 16*1024k = 16384))

4. Click OK to close the dialog box, then close all Firefox windows and restart. You should see improvement on the amount of memory it takes up. Especially if you are visiting multiple sites at a time.

CMS Administrator Friday 24 February 2006 - 10:31:20 Comments are turned off for this item

By supporting open source software for Windows, not only are you encouraging the development of world-class software. But you are getting software that was designed to solve a specific problem and not necessarily to be marketed to the masses.What that mea

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Telcos suck and there is nothing your government can do

Telcos shouldn't be forcing our local governments to allow them to provide lackadaisical efforts in supplying broadband to less than profitable areas, while preventing any competition either government or private from competing against them. Sound?s similar to the steps that the robber barons of the railroad industry took to keep competitors off their tracks in the late 19th century. Again it goes to the adage those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it. Read More...

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